John Collier, His Monkey Wife
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Collier, John. His Monkey Wife. American Edition. 1957. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in very good minus condition—jacket shows a small chip to the back cover and fraying to the spine ends.
Looking for a wedding gift for the bride or groom with outré tastes who adore literature? Though his satirical masterpiece is not appropriate for the rom-com set, it is a sublime choice for the right individual. Collier, who also wrote the screenplay for The African Queen, relates an absurd love triangle between a man, his intended, and the loyal and intelligent ape with whom he returns from Africa. It is an absurd set-up that is not to be taken literally but instead for its comedic dividends and insight into human frailty and the capriciousness of love. Published in 1930, it escapes mainstream best-of lists, but it is highly praised by sophisticates like the London decorator Nicky Haslam (Simon Fleet recommended it to him).
“[W]e cease to expect any subtlety or surprise from the humans in the book; they are stick-figures, being held up to ridicule, and they come out very badly in comparison with the chimp.”
--Paul Theroux, on His Monkey Wife
Looking for a wedding gift for the bride or groom with outré tastes who adore literature? Though his satirical masterpiece is not appropriate for the rom-com set, it is a sublime choice for the right individual. Collier, who also wrote the screenplay for The African Queen, relates an absurd love triangle between a man, his intended, and the loyal and intelligent ape with whom he returns from Africa. It is an absurd set-up that is not to be taken literally but instead for its comedic dividends and insight into human frailty and the capriciousness of love. Published in 1930, it escapes mainstream best-of lists, but it is highly praised by sophisticates like the London decorator Nicky Haslam (Simon Fleet recommended it to him).
“[W]e cease to expect any subtlety or surprise from the humans in the book; they are stick-figures, being held up to ridicule, and they come out very badly in comparison with the chimp.”
--Paul Theroux, on His Monkey Wife
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